Can I delete a directory through DXL?

I've been trying to delete a directory (with files in it) through DXL. I've tried calling the "System(string)" function, passing it the 'del' command, the '/S /F /Q' flags and the directory name, but it seems to do nothing. I've also tried the same command using win32SystemWait function, but that doesn't seem to be doing it either. I found the confDeleteDirectory function in the reference manual, but I can't seem to get it to work the way I need it to. At this point, I feel like I'm spinning my wheels. Anyone have any ideas?

Re: Can I delete a directory through DXL?
a8155058 - Mon May 04 08:33:54 EDT 2015

here you go...

 

void removeDirectory( string directory )
{
    string cmd = "cmd /c rd " directory " /s /q"
        string cmdOutput = ""
        win32SystemWait_( cmd, cmdOutput, -1 )
}

Re: Can I delete a directory through DXL?
woodpryan - Mon May 04 11:26:23 EDT 2015

void removeDirectory( string directory )
{
    string cmd = "cmd /c rd " directory " /s /q"
        string cmdOutput = ""
        win32SystemWait_( cmd, cmdOutput, -1 )
}

Thank you so much for your help. This worked out quite nicely. I did slightly modify the function as follows:

/*  Function:   removeDirectory(string)
    Purpose:    deletes the given directoy and everything inside of it
    Parameters: the directory name
    Return:     whether the directory could succesfully be deleted
*/
bool removeDirectory(string dirName)
{
    string cmd       = null
    string cmdOutput = null;
    
    if(null != dirName)
        dirName = "\"" dirName "\"";
    else
    {
        logError("The name passed to removeDirectory was null");
        return false;
    }
        
    cmd = "cmd /c rd " dirName " /s /q";
    win32SystemWait_( cmd, cmdOutput, -1 );
    
    if(null != cmdOutput)
    {
        logError("Could not remove the directory because of the following error\n" cmdOutput);
        return false;
    }
    
    return true;
}

But, yeah, the idea works beautifully. Thank you so much for your help.